A whole new meaning to Time!

Why do we make such a big deal out of everything? Why do we make a mountain out of a mole about everything? Let us look at some numbers.

Lord Brahma is the secondary creator of this universe. He lives for 100 years.

Satya yuga - 1,728,000 earth years; Treta yuga - 1,296,000 years; Dwapara yuga - 864,000 years ; Kali yuga - 432,000 years

All these 4 yugas combined lasts for 4,320,000 years.

One thousand cycles of these yugas constitute one day of Brahma (equivalent to our 12 hours) and another one thousand cycle of yugas constitute the night of Brahma. So our 24 hours is equivalent to 8,640,000,000 earth years.

One day and night of Brahma is 8,640,000,000 years. (8.6 trillion earth years).

Multiplying the above value for one year (360 days) - 3,110,400,000,000 earth years (311 trillion and 40 billion earth years).

Lord Brahma lives for 100 years, hence multiplying the above value (311 trillion years) by 100 will give Lord Brahma’s total lifespan for 100 years.

Srila Prabhupada in his purport (BG 8.17) states “By these calculations the life of Brahmā seems fantastic and interminable, but from the viewpoint of eternity it is as brief as a lightning flash. In the Causal Ocean there are innumerable Brahmās rising and disappearing like bubbles in the Atlantic”

In a lecture H.H.Radhanath swami states “Lord Brahma’s life is less than the nimesh of Lord Vishnu” (nimesh is defined as the time taken for an eye-blink)

So from the above two statements, we can infer that even Lord Brahma’s life is like bubbles in the ocean and less than an eye blink’s time. What to speak of our lives?

An average life span of a human is 100 years and if we compare this to the cosmic calculations, our life at the best is atomic.

In this time scale, our life span is absolutely meaningless…and it is all the more paradoxical when we waste it on mundane pursuits.

Whatever total insignificant time that has been allotted by Krishna to us in this life, engaging it in His service will make that insignificant time highly significant.

Hare Krishna